Season two of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series has come to a close and once again we have been treated to a tremendous summer of fights to dwindle away our Tuesday evenings. Over the duration of eight weeks, 33 of the 40 scheduled bouts ended before the judges were called into play, smashing last seasons record of 25 finishes. As we know, Dana White cannot sign every fighter who wins to the ever growing roster of the UFC, but a staggering 23 fighters where handed immediate contracts and others have been called up on short notice opportunities. In this article we will take a look at the 23 fighters who won contracts directly after the show, and I have even been fortunate enough to catch up with some of the fighters for a quick interview to see how they are feeling after achieving the dream of every mixed martial artist on the planet!

Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series concluded season 2 tonight. This will be the last we see of it on UFC Fight Pass, as next season things will switch over to ESPN+.

Week 8 was headlined by controversial heavyweight knockout machine Greg Hardy, who was having his second fight of the season after winning a developmental contract in week 1. Current CFFC lightweight champion Joe Lowry was the co-headliner and LFA vet Bobby Moffett filled out the rest of the card. Here’s who scored contracts on the last week of season 2:

Another week in the crazy world of MMA, we have had UFC Calgary with a crazy card, Conor Mcgregor has had his court hearing, Bellator adding multiple fighters to their roster and Dana Whites Tuesday Night Contender Series once again lives up to expectations. In this article, we will take a quick look at the main things that happened in mixed martial arts last week.

Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series is back with one of the most anticipated headliners this season has to offer. ‘Notorious’ Nick Newell, who was born with a congenital amputation of his left arm, is looking to prove that he belongs in the UFC.

Dana White’s Tuesday Night ContenderSeries returns for week 6 with possibly the most anticipated headliner of the season. ‘Notorious’ Nick Newell, who was born with congenital amputation of his left arm, gets his crack at a UFC roster spot. The question has been, is a ‘tryout’ of sorts even necessary? Newell is 14-1, with two knockouts and nine submissions and a former title challenger of then-WSOF champion and current UFC star Justin Gaethje, which is his only loss. Newell will face undefeated lightweight Alex Munoz.

The opening bout of the card didn’t last long. Edmen Shahbazyan, a Ronda Rousey prospect, made it seven knockouts in seven fights as he finished Antonio Jones 40 seconds into the first round, landing a barrage of punches before dropping him and having the fight called. That performance was a no-brainer for a UFC contract.

The first round of this fight is everything you’d hope for in an MMA bout. Both fighters were landing early, with Vanderford having the slight advantage. Trevino shot for a takedown and wound up getting Vanderford’s back before Vanderford slipped out and it was back to the feet. After a couple exchanges, Trevino landed a right that dropped Vanderford. Trevino went for the finish, even getting full mount at one point, but Vanderford survived the end of the round. The second round started with more trading exchanged before Vanderford now rocked Trevino. Trevino, clearly hurt, shot for a takedown, but Vanderford took his back and eventually locked in the rear-naked choke for the win.

The first round of this fight was very close. Lots of leg kicks were thrown by Onyenegecha and a nice spinning back fist was landed by Adams, but not much else happened. The second round was more of the same. The third round continued the technical fight, with both fighters staying outside their range, when with under two minutes left the lights went out. When the lights came back, both fighters went for it, hoping to steal a win. Onyenegecha wound up picking up the split decision win.

The 6’0 Domingo Pilarte had the size and reach advantage going into this bantamweight bout, but Vince Morales did a good job of covering his distance in the first round, landing a few clean shots. Nearing the end of the round, Morales caught Pilarte inside and dropped him twice, cutting him open and ending the round on top with Pilarte leaking. Pilarte came out shooting in the second round, failing to get the takedown originally but after catching Morales’ leg on a counter, tripped him to the mat. Pilarte got to Morales’ back and locked in the rear-naked choke to put Morales to sleep. The comeback win for Pilarte was enough for a UFC contract.

The first round started with Colleen landing some punches before Barber closed the distance and took the fight to the fence, landing some elbows in the process. After a quick break and some nice right hands that landed from Colleen, Barber brought it back to the fence to end the round. The second round was pretty much Colleen’s right hand versus Barber’s kicks. Halfway through the round Barber landed a takedown and controlled top position until it ended. Maycee Barber came out in the third taking the fight back to the cage and keeping it there for nearly four minutes before hitting a takedown. With under a minute left, Barber landed some brutal elbows, opening Colleen up and getting a stoppage victory. Maycee Barber’s UFC dream of being the youngest champion in history is still alive and well as she will be joining the strawweight roster.

Maycee "The Future" Barber (5-0) flashes her potential in the main event, dominating Jamie Colleen en route to a third-round TKO. Busting up the former KOTC champ with some nasty elbows to end it, the 20-year-old has finished four of her five victories. #DWTNCSpic.twitter.com/wtBTIXbEwf

Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series is back this week with an exciting women’s strawweight headliner. LFA vet Maycee Barber takes on former DWTNCS winner Jamie Colleen and ‘Paige VanZant’s man’ Austin Vanderford will get his shot at a UFC contract when he faces Angelo Trevino in a welterweight bout.

Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series took a week off for the holiday, but came back tonight with an exciting headliner. Current LFA featherweight champion Kevin ‘The Angel Of Death’ Aguilar moves up to lightweight to take on the undefeated Joey Gomez. Here’s who got contracts tonight and how the action went down.